Automatic gas-stove lighter



April 29, 1930. Q RUGGlRO ET A1. 1,756,763

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ATTQRNEY April29,193o. G. RUGGIERO Er'AL 1,756,763

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INVENTOR ATTORNEY April 29, 1930. G RUGGlERQ Er AL 1,756,763

v Au'roMATIc GAS sTovE' LIGHTER l Filed Jan. 4, 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 era ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 2.9', -1930 UNITED STATES P'arrizlv'rl oFFicE GUISEPPE BUGGIERO, 0F PORT COLBORNE, ONTARIO, CANADA, AND J'ON DE 0F ROSETO, PENNSYLVANIA AUTOMATIC vGAS-STOVIE LIGHTER Application led January l4., 1929. Serial No. 380,842.

AThis invention relates to an automatic gas stove lighter, the general object of the invention being to provide means for opening the cock of the pilot burner at the same time a cock of one of the main burners is opened so that the projected flame from the pilot burner will light the gas at the main burner.

I Another object of the invention is to so arrange the parts that the pilot burner cock will be opened when any of the main cocks are opened and said pilot cock will be closed as soon as the main cock has been moved to fully opened position so that the full supply of gas to the pilot burner continues just long enough to light the gas at the main burner. y

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and'arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which j Figure 1 is a plan View of the gas stove, showing the invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a front view of the stove, with the invention applied thereto.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4; is a section on line 4-4 of Figure 1. f

Figure 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a detail View of a modification.

In these drawings, the numeral l indicates the main burners of the stove and 2 the pilot burner thereof, the main burners being connected by the pipes 3 with the supply pipe 4, the ordinary cocks.5 being placed in the pipes 3 for controlling the supply of gas to the main burners. f 'A pipe 6 connects the pilot burner 2 with the supply pipe and a valve, .I

operated by apushbuttonS, controls the supply of gas to this burner. As is Well-known,vvvi

this valve is so constructed that a small quantity of gas will be supplied to the burner 2l at all times so that a small flame will occur at said burner, but when the pushbutton is depressed, a full supply of as will be delivered to the burner 2 and t is burner is so constructed that this increased supply of gas will result in flames being projected toward the main burners so as to light the gas at these main burners. As before stated, it is the object of our invention to provide means Wherebythis pushbutton'is depressed automatically by the opening o f one of the main cocks 5.

In carrying .out our invention, we arrange a bar 9 adjacent the main cocks 5, this bar being slidably supported by the braces 10 which support the front part of the supply pipe 4 from the stove. A threaded member 10v is placed in a threadedhole in one end of the bar 9 and said member is formed with an L-shaped part 11 which engages the pushbutton 8 and the sprin of this button acts to hold the bar in one llmit of its movement.

The bar is provided with a number of ver tically arranged openings`12'in each of which is pivotally arranged a clip 13 and a spring plate 14 is fastened to the under side of the ar and covers the bottom part of each opening. This spring plate engages a projecting part of each clip and tends to hold the upper part of the clip projected above the top of the bar.

A cam 15 is fastened to the movable part of each main cock, Vwith the heel of the cam cock 5 is moved to its fully open position, the end of the 'cam will ass the clip so that the spring or button 8 wi l return the bar and the parts associated therewith to their normal position and at the same time the spring will close the valve of burner 2. When a main y cock is closed, the cam Will slide over theV clip, thus depressing the same against the action of its spring 14 and as soon as the cam passes the clip, the spring 14 will return the clip to raised posit-ion and thus the parts will be set ready for the next opening movement of the main cock. Where a push utton is arranged at the center of the front of the stove, I provide a yoke-shaped part 11 at the center of the bar 9 which has a depending art 11 the clips on the opening movement-of the cocks for moving the bar 1n one direction, the

springs permitting the clips te lover when tures.

- GUISEPPE RUGGIERO.'

' JOHN DE CESARE.

for engaging the pushbutton when t e bar is moved to the right.

From the foregoin it will be seen that we have provided simp e means whereby the pushbuttcn valve is operated upon the opening of a main cock so vthat the l1 `hter burner will be supplied with gas and t e resultant flame will light the main burner. This action is wholly automatic and takes place on the opening of the main cock. As soon as the main cock reaches fully open position, the parts return' to normal position and the full supply of gas to the lighter burner is cut o. The main cocks are moved to closed position without affecting the device.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention'will be readil apparent.

It is to be understood that c anges may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the sco e of the appended claims.

hat we claim is z-l.;

1. In combination-with a gas stove includin a lighter burner and its spring 'actuated va ve, a member slidably arranged at the front of the stove and having a part engaging the valve, pivoted clips carrled by said member and cams on the main cocks of the stove whereby when thecocks are moved to open position lthe cams will engage said clips and move said member to cause the part thereon to open the valve, said cams passing beyond the clips when the cocks are moved to fully open position whereby the spring on the valve willreturn the parts to normal position and spring means for normally holdlng the clips in raised position.

2. In combination with a gas stove rovided with a pilot burner havlng a pushbutton valve and a s ring for holdin the valve closed,`a bar slida ly arranged at t e front of the stove and having vertically arranged openings therein, `a clip pivoted in each opening, a spring engaging each clip and holding the same projected above the top of the bar, each main burner of the stovelhaving a cock, a cam.

connected with each cock, said cams engaging l' "fies y i ma 

